From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Laboratory report from The Detroit Testing Laboratory analyzing an oil sample.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 135\3\ scan0099 | |
| Date | 9th September 1929 | |
| Form 8 THE DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY DETROIT, MICHIGAN Number 5709-A-8 Date 9-9-29 Sample from Taylor Brothers Manufacturing Company Sample of Oil Remarks #5B Customer's Order D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} T. L. Order 51195 "Oil drawn at suction level after 15 hours settling followed by 1/2 hour running without Floato, full pan." Water - - - - - - - 7.60% by weight Sediment - - - - - - 0.314% by weight Examination of Sediment: Sediment consists largely of iron and bearing metal with small amount of sand and grit. There is also present 0.169% by weight of carbonaceous matter. The balance of the sediment (0.145%) occurs as bearing metal, iron, sand and non-combustible grit. [STAMP] REC'D SEP 10 1929 33 THE DETROIT TESTING LABORATORY By RSpokes | ||